Difference between revisions of "UreA"

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* '''Operon:''' ''[[ureA]]-[[ureB]]-[[ureC]]'' {{PubMed|9287005}}
  
* '''Operon:''' ''[[ureA]]-[[ureB]]-[[ureC]]'' [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez/9287005 PubMed]
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* '''[[Sigma factor]]:''' [[SigA]] {{PubMed|9287005}}, [[SigH]] {{PubMed|9287005}}
 
 
* '''[[Sigma factor]]:''' [[SigA]], [[SigH]] [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez/9287005 PubMed]
 
  
 
* '''Regulation:'''  
 
* '''Regulation:'''  
** expressed in the absence of good nitrogen sources (glutamine or ammonium) ([[TnrA]], [[GlnR]]) [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez/9287005 PubMed]
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** induced by nitrogen limitation ([[GlnR]], [[TnrA]]) {{PubMed|9287005}}
 
** induced in the presence of purine nucleotides (inducer: allantoin) ([[PucR]]) [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez/12374841 PubMed]
 
** induced in the presence of purine nucleotides (inducer: allantoin) ([[PucR]]) [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez/12374841 PubMed]
** repressed during growth in the presence of branched chain amino acids ([[CodY]]) [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez/9287005 PubMed]
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** repressed during growth in the presence of branched chain amino acids ([[CodY]]) {{PubMed|9287005,12618455}}
  
 
* '''Regulatory mechanism:'''  
 
* '''Regulatory mechanism:'''  
** [[GlnR]]: transcription repression [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez/9287005 PubMed]
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** [[GlnR]]: transcription repression {{PubMed|9287005}}
** [[TnrA]]: transcription activation [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez/9287005 PubMed]
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** [[TnrA]]: transcription activation {{PubMed|9287005}}
 
** [[PucR]]: transcription activation [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez/12374841 PubMed]
 
** [[PucR]]: transcription activation [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez/12374841 PubMed]
** [[CodY]]: transcription repression [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez/9287005 PubMed]
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** [[CodY]]: transcription repression {{PubMed|9287005,12618455}}
  
 
* '''Additional information:'''
 
* '''Additional information:'''

Revision as of 19:19, 2 February 2010

  • Description: urease (gamma subunit)

Gene name ureA
Synonyms
Essential no
Product urease (gamma subunit)
Function utilization of urea as alternative nitrogen source
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways:
Purine catabolism, Ammonium/ glutamate
MW, pI 11 kDa, 4.98
Gene length, protein length 315 bp, 105 aa
Immediate neighbours ureB, csbD
Get the DNA and protein sequences
(Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context
UreA context.gif
This image was kindly provided by SubtiList







The gene

Basic information

  • Locus tag: BSU36660

Phenotypes of a mutant

Database entries

  • DBTBS entry: [1]
  • SubtiList entry: [2]

Additional information

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

  • Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: Urea + H2O = CO2 + 2 NH3 (according to Swiss-Prot)
  • Protein family: urease gamma subunit family (according to Swiss-Prot)
  • Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

  • Kinetic information:
  • Domains:
  • Modification:
  • Cofactor(s):
  • Effectors of protein activity:
  • Interactions:
  • Localization: cytoplasm (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

  • Structure:
  • KEGG entry: [3]

Additional information

Expression and regulation

  • Regulation:
    • induced by nitrogen limitation (GlnR, TnrA) PubMed
    • induced in the presence of purine nucleotides (inducer: allantoin) (PucR) PubMed
    • repressed during growth in the presence of branched chain amino acids (CodY) PubMed
  • Additional information:

Biological materials

  • Mutant:
  • Expression vector:
  • lacZ fusion:
  • GFP fusion:
  • two-hybrid system:
  • Antibody:

Labs working on this gene/protein

Your additional remarks

References